A medical report generation apparatus which generates a medical report including region information of a target region specified in a medical image includes one or more processors, an obtaining unit configured to obtain at least a representative image based on the medical image and group information indicating a group of the region information, and a display unit configured to update and display the representative image of the medical report such that the group is distinguishable in accordance with the group information obtained by the obtaining unit.
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1. An apparatus comprising: one or more processors and a memory coupled to each other and cooperating to act as: a receiving unit configured to receive a designation for a first target region in a medical image; a generation unit configured to generate a first representative image showing a first indicator by capturing a medical image showing the first indicator, wherein the first indicator represents the first target region; and a display control unit configured to display a first medical report including the first representative image showing the first indicator and first findings for the first target region, wherein the receiving unit receives a designation for a second target region different from the first target region in the medical image, wherein the generation unit generates a second representative image showing the first indicator and a second indicator by capturing a medical image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, wherein the second indicator represents the second target region, and the generation unit updates the first representative image by adding the second indicator to the first representative image showing the first indicator, wherein the display control unit displays the first medical report including the first findings and the updated first representative image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, and a second medical report including second findings and the second representative image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, and wherein the second indicator in the second representative image is emphasized.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the generation unit generates group information indicating the first indicator and the second indicator.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display control unit displays the first representative image of the first medical report and the second representative image of the second medical report in accordance with the group information.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first indicator and the second indicator are included in the same plane of the medical image.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first representative image is an image in which the first indicator and the second indicator are distinguishable.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second target region includes at least one target region.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first indicator and the second indicator has have a unique appearance in the first representative image and the second representative image.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first indicator and the second indicator in the first representative image and the second representative image indicate a same lesion.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first indicator and the second indicator in the first representative image and the second representative image indicate a same internal organ.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the medical image includes a plurality of sliced images, and wherein the first representative image and the second representative image are sliced images.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit displays the first representative image of the first medical report and the second representative image of the second medical report such that a group is distinguishable.
12. A method for controlling an apparatus, the method comprising: receiving a designation for a first target region in a medical image; generating a first representative image showing a first indicator by capturing a medical image showing the first indicator, wherein the first indicator represents the first target region; and displaying a first medical report including the first representative image showing the first indicator and first findings for the first target region; receiving a designation for a second target region different from the first target region in the medical image; generating a second representative image showing the first indicator and a second indicator by capturing a medical image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, wherein the second indicator represents the second target region, and updating the first representative image by adding the second indicator to the first representative image showing the first indicator; and displaying the first medical report including the first findings and the updated first representative image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, and the second medical report including second findings and the second representative image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, wherein the second indicator in the second representative image is emphasized.
13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a one or more processors to execute the method according to claim 12 .
14. A system comprising: one or more processors and a memory coupled to each other and cooperating to act as: a receiving unit configured to receive a designation for a first target region in a medical image; a generation unit configured to generate a first representative image showing a first indicator by capturing a medical image showing the first indicator, wherein the first indicator represents the first target region; and a display control unit configured to display a first medical report including the first representative image showing the first indicator and first findings for the first target region, wherein the receiving unit receives a designation for a second target region different from the first target region in the medical image, wherein the generation unit generates a second representative image showing the first indicator and a second indicator by capturing a medical image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, wherein the second indicator represents the second target region, and the generation unit updates the first representative image by adding the second indicator to the first representative image showing the first indicator, wherein the display control unit displays the first medical report including the first findings and the updated first representative image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, and the second medical report including second findings and the second representative image showing the first indicator and the second indicator, and wherein the second indicator in the second representative image is emphasized.
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